[Lost Evolution] Progress Report: 12.05.2016

Various circumstances and real life issues have hindered me on giving an earlier progress report.

Since Citra has made TREMENDOUS progress lately (Well for us at least) Decode right now has really become a priority, but never fear, as promised, we are still doing Lost Evolution :)

So instead of giving a Decode progress report for now, I’m giving you a Lost Evolution update, as people have been asking us a lot for that in the comment section.

So without further ado, I’ll just leave some Lost Evolution Screenshots here. Enjoy :

Please keep in mind, that everything right now is WIP and subject to change, so nothing’s really final yet.

As with Redigitize, videos will obviously follow too.

We realize, that since you followed the other group who did this before, that this probably not really that exciting to see. Yet there are subtle differences ;) We implemented a few ASM hacks, as you can see on the naming board.

More will follow where needen. Consider this another teaser for now.

Where appropriate we will follow suit with the already localized graphics, but in some areas we thought the localized graphics didn’t do the original justice, so we will also have some of our own. Stay tuned :)

Last but not least, while we are usually not commited to ETAs, there are two we’ve given on Gbatemp, which maybe some of our blog followers haven’t seen yet:

We are planning to release Lost Evolution by the end of the year

Decode’s main story and subquests will be fully translated by the end of September

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Really great to see progress on Lost Evolution, even more cos it looks so damn good! I know the ETA is tentative but it’s relatively very near in the future, so can’t wait for it. Thanks to everybody involved in localizing both games, and Godspeed team!

Just leaving support and encouragement here! I’m glad you guys are progressing on these – I’m interested in LE rather than Decode out of simply not being able to play the latter, but I’m sure plenty of people are excited to see that one. And of course, any Digimon games being made available is great news. The tentative dates feel so soon already, it’s amazing. Good luck!

Thanks for everything, guys. Really, everybody that have already done anything for these projects deserves at least a praise. By the end of the year, huh? Well, for those who have been around since the beginning, some couple of months of wait is nothing.

Just wanted thanks to the amazing people working on these two Digimon games, and for all of your hard work on Re: Digitize. I played it back when you first released it and loved it. Thank you so much. Keep up the great work!

Thank you so much for the update on Lost Evolution! I’ve been following the project for what seems like forever, so I’m absolutely stunned at the fast progress. You’re doing the lord’s work, right here.

This is turning out to be a great year! Thanks guys for the update on digimon decode. I am really can’t wait to hear more progress. Decode is better than the original redigitize and the new digimon world next.

You say, you would make other translation for non-digimon games after the both actual Digimon titles, what games are be like in your plan?

Second question – would you make more translations for Digimon Games like Story-based Titles (Ryou Games or Super Xros Wars etc.)?

And the last question from me = sporkymcforkinspoon answer my question from a previous post that could be possible to make a “voice” patch for digimon world data squad (swap the japanese voices from the japanese version Digimon Savers Another Mission) – have anyone looked for a possibility of that? The same question would be, if you plan to make other games, is it possible to make more voice patches? i am disappointed that we don’t get for many japan games the possibility for dual voices in the options.
I tried myself to swap the voices of DBZ Tenkaichi Tag Team but i failed. :(

Hi.I see you say that Decode works on Citra,and saw video,but when I start it(decrypted 3ds file) it crashes,and log says something like error memory read 181 unmapped.What do you think problem is?Do you think it’s about my computer?Thanks for response

Anyone here play Digimon Linkz? I recently started playing because its a very simple game to figure out. Only thing the language barrier gets me with is leader skills, which I’ll have to look up at some point.

As in Digimon Heroes? Its alright…can get kind of boring after a while. Plus training digis is practically pointless since it takes a lot of resources and you are more likely to find much stronger ones anyway.

hey guys good work good job!
im here 2 say that we’re all wantin this amazin project and so i think it’ll B GUD.
basically, all official english translated games 4 DS are poo (lika dawn/dusk – championship – story one ds)
reasons:
story one ds – has low amount of digimon
championship – there are only mini icons

dawn/dusk – in the really begginin of the game u start with HIGH level digimon and so the rest of the story becomes 2 harder*****

this game lost evolution have cute graphics, they separated plant/insect category, u begin with a very weak digimon (yay kinda cool – makes the story not THAT harder), new royal knights added lika dynasmon and lordknightmon(crusadermon) and many other cool digimon.
tnx again guys 4 the huge ‘n amazin project all plp involved on it tnx ‘n tnx
we’re waitin 2 play it in english XD

yay tnx
i say again GUD work guys tnx 2 u we’ll be able 2 play this in ENG.
this game 4 me is the best digimon game 4 DS ever!!!
cuz there are good load of royal knights,7 great demon lords,olypus 12,holy beasts, !!!aegisdramon!!!
– lol i have not played it before, i just know all this stuff cuz i read about it at digimon wikia.kinda weird play japanease games (no understandin) eeeek!!! -_-
my favorite digimon is lilithmon but i like playin with aegisdramon,beelzemon blast mode,susanoomon,millenniummon(whole line),apocalymon and examon :D
4 me they’re the best ones either in their design or strenght.

Thanks a lot for translating Lost Evolution, it’s an amazing game and it’s really annoying to play it in japanese.
I know that everyone wants citra games, but your effort translating L.E. is making a lot of people happy.
So, again, thank you :)

@Anon: Things in project don’t always go right all the time. There’s many things that could have gone wrong, such as programs failing, game problems, emulator problems, PC problems, backup problems, IRL problems, team problems.

They don’t need to update us, as long as we know that the projects aren’t dead.

May 12, 2016: “1. We are planning to release Lost Evolution by the end of the year”
April 22, 2017: Almost a year and still no release? Did the database get corrupt and they lost all the progress they had or something? If they’re going to abandon L.E. and only work on Decode or ReDigitize, they could at least tell us so someone else can translate L.E. instead.

@Charon: Don’t be a fucking moron. They’re still working on Lost Evolution, they haven’t abandoned it. You should check their Facebook page once in a while, or, y’know. The latest blogposts.

Plans don’t always go perfectly. Shit happens, get used to it and wait like the rest of us. Or don’t, translate it yourself if you want it faster, but I can guarantee it’d be even slower because you’ve clearly never done anything meaningful in your entire life.

Real life happened. We’ve made significant progress, none of which has been lost, but I, for instance, moved to a better job. One which has the unfortunate downside of not giving me six hours a day to work on personal projects. In addition to working full time, I’m also a full time college student, and I run a research program for the biology department. And that’s just my stuff. It’ll still happen, but unless people want to start donating regularly so that we can afford to have fewer responsibilities, it’s going to be slow.

For the record, LE is our focus at this point, because it’s the simplest and fastest to finish.

Thanks for some kind of an update on what’s going on Sporky. I was starting to worry you guys had given up. I’ve seen too many good translated games die off unfinished and without anyone saying anything. I’ve also seen games, like Phantasy Star Online 2, get translated faster than this so I got curious about progression. Sorry for doubting and looking forward to the completion!

Just wondering, will the save file still work (from original JPN version) or will I have to start from scratch. Also, I was wondering if you would post a link here for a DL once it is ready, or if I will have to scour google for the rom. Thanks for what you are doing, i’ve waited 5 years for this patch and am totally hyped.

I would assume save files would still work, but you’d have to wait for an answer from someone else.

As for what they’ll do for distribution, they’ll most likely end up distributing either an IPS patch, UPS patch, or a PPF patch, you would require a rom legally obtained (Not going into detail for other methods), and then use either:

I’ll probably start over either way so I can enjoy the whole story, as my knowledge of the Japanese language is very limited. As for the patching programs, I already have lips just need to find the other 2. Thanks for your reply I was afraid this forum was dead.

I meant the patch file not ROM, already have the rom I probably will start from scratch so I can fully enjoy the story as I only know conversational Japanese. Thank you for the reply I was afraid this forum was dead.